Spatial justice and the land politics of renewables: Dispossessing vulnerable communities through solar energy mega-projects

Yenneti, Komali; Day, Rosie; Golubchikov, Oleg

doi:10.1016/j.geoforum.2016.09.004

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“…The recognition of the rights of all people to access and/or use spatial resources, especially those of poor, vulnerable, and economically weak groups, is fundamental to inter-and intra-generation justice. It also promotes the development of an inclusive city [69,133]. This integrated urban development approach takes into account the socio-economic conditions of poor and low-income groups.…”

Section: Framing Spatial Justice and Land Tenure Security In Terms Ofmentioning

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Indicators for Measuring Spatial Justice and Land Tenure Security for Poor and Low Income Urban Dwellers

Uwayezu

Vries

2018

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There exist various indicators that measure land tenure security for urbanites. Most of those indicators measure the degree to which land titling promotes the security of tenure. Based on the reviewed literature, it is admitted that land titling is not a panacea to land tenure security. Measuring the degree of land tenure security should not rely only on the legalisation of landownership. This paper makes a meta-analysis and conceptual modelling to connect spatial justice and land tenure security. It discusses the potential of inclusive urban development grounded on the claim that spatial justice enhances land tenure security. A comprehensive framework of indicators which can measure the degree of land tenure security from a spatial justice lens is thereafter derived. The meta-analysis and conceptual modelling were coupled with research synthesis to perform an in-depth review and qualitative content analysis of the literature on concepts of spatial justice, land tenure security, and urban (re)development processes. This study proposes 60 indicators which measure the degree of spatial justice and land tenure security along a continuum of spatial justice and land tenure security. Those indicators provide a more holistic approach for measuring land tenure security from a spatial justice lens than the separated sets of existing indicators.

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Section: Framing Spatial Justice and Land Tenure Security In Terms Ofmentioning

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Indicators for Measuring Spatial Justice and Land Tenure Security for Poor and Low Income Urban Dwellers

Uwayezu

Vries

2018

Land

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“…Instead, flawed notions of ‘compensating for damage’ through afforestation initiatives–when forests are cleared for infrastructure projects– are implemented in grasslands and scrublands (Vanak et al 2015). Similar afforestation schemes globally promulgated for carbon sequestration and combating climate change (Bond et al 2019) and exploiting these beleaguered habitats for industrial-scale solar farms, further increase their fragility while also bearing negative consequences for local communities (Yenneti et al 2016; this study). The glaring knowledge gaps about these habitats impede our ability to comprehend their importance or plan their management (Ratnam et al 2016).…”

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Opportunities for prioritizing and expanding conservation enterprise in India using carnivores as flagships

Srivathsa

Majgaonkar

Sharma

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33Conservation interventions in developing countries are frequently thwarted by socio-economic 34 agendas, severely limiting the scope and rigor of biodiversity and habitat conservation. Very few 35 ecological assessments incorporate human interests in conservation prioritization, creating 36 asynchrony between planning and implementation. For conservation actions to be logistically 37 feasible, multiple criteria including ecological, social, economic and administrative aspects must 38 be considered. Understanding how these different dimensions interact spatially is also important 39 for gauging the potential for conservation success. Here, we use a guild of select mammalian 40 carnivores in India to (i) generate distribution maps at a spatial scale that is relevant to 41 management, (ii) examine ecological, social and biogeographic factors associated with their 42 distribution, quantify key threats, and identify areas critical for their conservation, (iii) use 43 prioritization tools for balancing habitat conservation, human needs and economic growth, and 44 (iv) evaluate the spatial congruence between areas with high conservation potential, and areas 45 currently in focus for protection efforts, conservation investments, and infrastructure 46 development. We find that the current Protected Area system does not adequately cover or 47 48 investments towards alternative conservation strategies, and, most infrastructure projects may be 49 putting important carnivore habitats at risk. Our framework allowed for identifying locations 50 where conservation investments would lead to the highest dividends for flagship carnivores and 51 associated species across habitats. We make a case for re-evaluating how large-scale 52 prioritization assessments are made, and for broadening the purview of conservation policies in 53 India and other developing countries. 54 55 56

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“…And indeed, recent geographic scholarship has shown empirically that the installation of major new spatially extensive solar power facilities are already displacing rural populations in parts of Africa and South East Asia (see Rignall ; Yenneti et al . ).…”

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Beyond the subterranean energy regime? Fuel, land use and the production of space

Huber

McCarthy²

2017

Trans Inst British Geog

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In this paper, we argue that energy should be seen as a critical aspect of changing historical regimes in the social production of space. We suggest the common definition of energy as the ‘capacity to do work’ ignores key aspects of the space required for energy in the first place (particularly the concept of power density). Articulating the basic spatial concept of power density with a historical–geographical materialist understanding of energy regimes, we argue that industrial capitalism is defined by an intensive vertical reliance upon subterranean stocks of energy that require relatively little surface land to harness. Previous modes of production were characterised by a more ‘horizontal’ reliance upon extensive territory (e.g. forests) to meet fuel needs. While attentive to the spatialities of overall energy complexes, we focus in particular on how the spatialities of energy sources affect the production of space in major and distinctive ways. Drawing from environmental and economic history, we argue the use of fossil fuels ushered in a ‘subterranean energy regime’ that not only relied on underground stocks of energy, but substantially relieved the societal demand for land‐based and spatially extensive sources of fuel (i.e. wood and other organic sources). The use of subterranean fuel (first coal) not only powered machines, but revolutionised ‘heat‐process’ industries like iron smelting that dramatically expanded the steel and other metal industries; thus, transforming the built environment. We then consider the spatial and land‐use implications of a transition away from this subterranean regime to renewable energy sources (solar and wind). A return to the surface for energy would not be biological as in pre‐industrial times, but industrial in the sense that these systems require industrial production. Moreover, the spatially extensive nature of such energy technologies should raise important political questions about existing land‐use patterns and livelihoods, particularly in rural areas.

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Spatial justice and the land politics of renewables: Dispossessing vulnerable communities through solar energy mega-projects

Cited by 238 publications

References 46 publications

Indicators for Measuring Spatial Justice and Land Tenure Security for Poor and Low Income Urban Dwellers

Indicators for Measuring Spatial Justice and Land Tenure Security for Poor and Low Income Urban Dwellers

Opportunities for prioritizing and expanding conservation enterprise in India using carnivores as flagships

Beyond the subterranean energy regime? Fuel, land use and the production of space

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